For foreigners, maybe it is rare for ordinary people to see one in their lives, so whenever they encounter one, they will definitely go up and watch for a long time as if they are a rare thing - later generations also had a rule not to watch foreign friends - and for Zhu Ying, since she was sensible, she often entered the palace, and it was common for her to hide in the corner to watch the excitement during the court.

Therefore, all kinds of strangers dressed in strange costumes and strange appearances, she initially thought they were monsters when she was a child, and later became commonplace, and she has long passed the age of being surprised at every turn. Now that she is older, she has no interest in the Great Pilgrimage, but that doesn't mean that she will forget the strange appearance of those foreign envoys from the West.

Therefore, her first reaction was that the old salted fish was fooling her, and naturally she was immediately dissatisfied with the question. However, before the old salted fish could explain, she heard Zhang Shouyouyou say: "Yingying, you are not comprehensive. Westerners have blonde hair, blue eyes and white skin, curly hair and black skin like Kunlunnu, but there are also those who look similar to us, as if they are of the same origin. ”

"For example, the Mongols, as well as the former Huns, Khitans, and Dangxiang people, if they have the same hairstyle and wear the same clothes as us, then there is only a slight difference." Because the race is not much different......

Zhu Ying usually agrees with Zhang Shou's statement, but at this time she is unconvinced: "But it is the foreign race that borders my dynasty to be like this, but if they are far apart, it is impossible to look the same as us!" That's what I found out after seeing so many foreign envoys! Besides, the old salted fish is talking about the Western Ocean, not the South Sea, and I have seen merchants from Europa countries, and they don't look like this! ”

Seeing that the eldest lady was in a temper, Zhang Shou said unhurriedly: "Didn't Emperor Taizu say that the place where we live is a huge ball?" You should have also seen the ordnance bureau of the globe, beyond Europa and then to the west, in fact, there is a continent across the sea, where it can also be said to be the Western Ocean, of course, turn the globe, just I face the east across the sea, it can also be said to be the East. ”

Zhu Yingdeng chuckled in her heart. Of course she'd seen the orbie...... There is one in the study of the East Warm Pavilion of the Emperor Qianqing Palace, and she often used it as a toy when she was a child. However, Emperor Taizu called it a globe, and they saved a place word thing, which did not spread among the people, only the story of Emperor Taizu Mengtian has countless versions.

Zhang Shou said it so loudly in front of two people with unknown backgrounds, and the result of sailing west was to turn back to the east, is this really good? You know, even those merchants in the southeast who make a living by going to sea to trade rarely know that the earth is round.

Sure enough, she saw that the old salted fish was slightly stunned, and then showed an expression of attentive listening, but the Tibetan Sea monk yawned as if he was not very interested, and motioned with his eyes to the guy who had just escaped to come back to work.

After a while, the little commotion that had just been stirred up completely subsided. At this time, Zhang Shou changed his words again.

"I remembered a story, legend has it that in the last years of the Shang Dynasty, Hou Xi led more than 100,000 troops to conquer Dongyi, and heard that King Wu of Zhou had conquered the Emperor of Zhou, and he was loyal and immediately led his troops back to King Qin, but before he fought a few battles, he heard that King Zhou had set himself on fire, and the princes heard the wind and descended to Zhou, he was ashamed to be with these people, but he was unable to compete with King Wu of Zhou, and then disappeared with more than 100,000 people."

"In the history books, in order to show their orthodoxy and Taoism, the Zhou Dynasty and the old ministers of Yin Shang, even if they were unwilling to surrender, such as Boyi and Shuqi who starved to death in Shouyang Mountain, at least they also found out their endings, but Hou Xi and so many people under his command did not see the record. Rumor has it that they actually built a number of large ships, drifted eastward, and then moved to a piece of land across the ocean. ”

Zhang Shou's story actually involves the Shang Dynasty, which is relatively rare even in historical records, and Zhu Ying was unconsciously attracted to the past. Even the old salted fish couldn't help but ask, "Dr. Zhang, what you said is true?" It's not a river or lake, it's a big sea, even if it's those big ships now, it takes a lot of effort to get there, let alone three thousand years ago! ”

The fox's tail is finally revealed! You haven't seen the globe, if you haven't walked it, how do you know that it is the boss of the sea, how do you know that it will take a lot of effort to get there, how can you not question that there may not be land on the other side of the sea!

Zhang Shou was in a big mood, and then he smiled and said, "So I just said, it's a legend." ”

Zhu Ying was already completely serious, and when she heard Zhang Shou suddenly come to say this, she suddenly said angrily: "Ah Shou, don't take you like this!" I have said a lot of things, and I will say it at the end, it is a legend...... How I haven't heard of such legends! ”

Therefore, fortunately, Emperor Taizu did not popularize the legend of the merchant crossing to the east to others...... Otherwise, it would have been impossible for me to use this story to bluff the old salted fish! Even in later generations, this was not actually recognized by the historiography. The question is to tell them that the race entered the Americas through the Bering Bridge in the Arctic, and later the Bering Bridge disappeared due to tectonic plate changes, who understands?

Zhang Shou thought so in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "The reason why a legend is a legend is because there is no way to verify it. However, didn't those Confucian scholars often talk about how the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors were in ancient times? Who can be sure that Hou Xi has no way to cross the ocean? Moreover, for thousands of years from ancient times to the present, countless people have been far away from their homeland, and it is normal to leave the same ethnic group overseas. ”

"Therefore, what the old salted fish said may not be a lie."

Seeing that Zhang Shou just used such a story to justify himself, the old salted fish suddenly had mixed tastes. He wanted to ask Zhang Shou whether the merchant Dongdu was a legend or a fact, and he was afraid of revealing his feet, so he could only laugh dryly: "Fortunately, Dr. Zhang is erudite and talented, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to wash it even if I jumped into the Yellow River." ”

Zhu Ying snorted in her stomach, you still want to wash this salted fish? I'm looking at you now that you're suspicious everywhere!

People brought back from overseas did not report to the government, but quietly hid in such a place? And looking at the number of people at the moment, it's not one or two, what are you trying to do?

As if aware of Zhu Ying's sharp gaze, the old salted fish wiped the sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly explained with a smile: "When I brought people back, of course I wanted to report to the government, after all, it is a big crime to bring people overseas without permission." But Miss, you and Dr. Zhang have also seen that Xu Cheng, the commander of Changlu County, has been in office for five years, and he is insatiable, who dares to deal with him? ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the monks and the so-called Yiren who were working in all directions, and his face was full of sincerity.

"Look at them, don't talk about the weather now, in April, when you are working, you start to try not to wear clothes, why, because working will damage your clothes, and you don't have so much money to buy them! Don't say it's them, just the dead monk Zanghai, and those apprentices under him, who can't be shirtless on weekdays? Who makes making clothes too expensive! ”

The more the old salted fish spoke, the more sad he became, and for a moment his eyes were full of tears.

"This is the life of the poor...... I don't even have the money to prepare a few more clothes, where does the money come from to the government to pay taxes for them one by one? Hey, I just have a good intention to bring people back and give them a way to live, but I don't have any money! This is still Zanghai managing the grange for Wanghai Temple and planting vegetable fields, otherwise there would be no place to take them in. ”

Seeing that Zhu Ying seemed to have been a little moved by this old man's words, Zhang Shou suddenly said: "So, don't you treat them as slaves who don't need money and just take care of food?" ”

"How can I!" This time, the old salted fish finally jumped up as if he had been stepped on by his tail, "Dr. Zhang, don't you believe it, ask themselves, are they happy to stay in this ......?"

"You are wishful thinking, these overseas people who have no household registration, they speak awkward official language, and they are not happy to stay with you, where else can they go?" Zhu Ying finally woke up at this time, and immediately snorted angrily, "You just admitted it yourself, you can't even afford clothes, you just take care of food." ”

"It's true that I'm only in charge of food, but I also have two sets of clothes a year, and just like that, I'm about to be hollowed out in the years I've been living here. As for the harvest...... How much money can you earn by planting some fruits, vegetables and vegetables? What's more, after it was planted at the beginning, it was still unadaptable, and the cotton has not grown until now. ”

The old salted fish didn't care about Zhu Ying's attitude, and called out directly: "But, even if I am only in charge of food, it is not easy, you look at Cangzhou, the reason why the crowd was angry and made such a thing before, is it because I want to ask for food and clothing?" ”

Speaking of this, he raised his head and said stiffly: "It's time for dinner in a while, and you can just take a look at whether Zanghai and his apprentices, and these Yi people who have crossed the sea, eat the same thing!" ”

Zhang Shou just seemed to be asking casually, but in fact, he didn't just want to find out what kind of attitude Lao Xianyu had towards these so-called "Yi people" who had lost their homes, and whether he treated people as slaves. He was more curious about where people came from.

You know, from Northeast Asia to Southeast Asia, there is not much difference in race, and these so-called overseas Yi people may not be from the Americas, but from those closer places.

Moreover, if these so-called Yi people are really from the Americas, then are these people completely Native Americans, or are they the descendants of Taizu's fleet?

So, when someone picked up the dinner meal in a bucket and opened the lid, it was bean rice with salted fish, Zhang Shou saw that everyone was a big bowl, and the previous startled "Yiren" also devoured it very sweetly, and even his companions and those bald monks whispered, he turned around and bowed his hand to the angry old salted fish.

"It's your fault, I'm sorry."

The big fat monk Zanghai didn't speak much from the beginning, and he was there to watch the confrontation between the old salted fish and this group of distinguished guests. At this time, seeing Zhang Shou apologize so bluntly, he couldn't help but be surprised, and when he saw the old salted fish looking like a wronged little daughter-in-law and said it was okay, he couldn't help but scratch his completely hairless head, and he didn't know who the two of them were the actors.

He couldn't help it, so he simply coughed and came out to be a peacemaker.

"Ahem, it's just a misunderstanding, Dr. Zhang doesn't need to take it too seriously, right? In fact, when the old salted fish threw people to me, I was also angry, don't look at me nominally in charge of the fields of this Wanghai Temple, just send so many rice, vegetables and vegetables to the top every year, but that will also be a good year. If it weren't for the salt pans in the east, it would not have been able to survive a disaster year. But ......"

He paused, and then smiled at Zhang Shou and Zhu Yinghan: "However, these overseas Yi people are indeed satisfied as long as they are full of food and clothing." Dr. Zhang and the eldest lady don't know, but it is said that their place is even more terrifying than Mongolia and the Wusizang Xuanwei Division in the west. What uses a child's skull as a magic weapon, this is all pediatrics. ”

"Most of the city-states on their side take people to sacrifice to the heavens and gods when they are fine. It is commonplace to sacrifice once and kill a dozen or twenty. If you encounter a big sacrifice, one kill is at least hundreds. ”

"It's good if there are prisoners of war in the war, and if there are no prisoners of war, you will kill your own people. The king is the high priest who is in charge of the divine affairs...... When the natural disaster was at its worst, even the king dedicated his daughter to some god, which is terrifying to hear. ”

Zanghai scratched his head as he spoke, and then sighed.

"I heard that a few decades ago, some people traveled across the ocean to these Yi people and taught them our official language, so we are still able to communicate with these people today. When I heard that, I felt like I had returned to the time when I was in Xia Ji...... Ahem, Dr. Zhang, I'm afraid you don't know, these tribes of the Yi people in front of you have just been able to make bronze for a short time. ”

"And that's exactly what a group of seafarers who were wandering there pointed out, when the ship sank, and a bunch of people died, and they came back to build a ship, right? Yes, it was hard to subdue a tribe of Yi people, and they were worshiped as gods, but they didn't know what was going on in that place, floods, droughts, and tornadoes, and they were almost turned over by a few priests who had lost their power. ”

"There weren't any big livestock in that place, they had three boats and a dozen horses, but they couldn't help but go on for a long time, and after they died of old age, they were gone, and they couldn't even mate. After all, the ship that went to sea actually carried forage beans to feed the horses, which was already extremely luxurious, and I don't know where such a heroic seafarer came from, and he still took that route......"

"This group of seafarers over there to educate the people's wisdom, encourage fertility, increase the population, breed and weave, I don't know why they have migrated several times, although they can build ships a long time ago, but more people feel that they must have all the work and make a full plan, otherwise they will wait for death at sea. It is said that many years have passed like this, and the surviving seafarers are old and dead, and the result is finally bronze. ”

The fat monk spoke vividly, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

In the course of a migration, he fought with another city-state, and although he won a tragic victory, the last of the seafarers who were worshipped as prophets was dying, and before he died, he was carried to the sea. If it hadn't happened to arrive at the old salted fish's boat, he would probably have died there quietly. In order to go home, he really worked hard, but unfortunately he couldn't come back until he died. ”

The old salted fish did not stop the story of the Tibetan Sea, but at the end, he asked rhetorically: "It's a pity that the last seafarer didn't come back, but these Yiren followed my ship back." ”